Coimbatore
Coimbatore,
May 20, 2013
People for Periyakulam
Sunday morning witnessed hectic activity of a different kind from residents of the city. People of various age groups, from a 10-year-old girl to a senior citizen, shrugged off weekend lethargy an...
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Coimbatore,
May 17, 2013
Tree bay: Shoots and leaves
It’s 3.30 p.m. and the Sun shines bright. Acho, enna veyyil, is a common refrain. But not so in New Damu Nagar. The canopy created by the avenue of trees here has kept the heat at bay, almost.
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COIMBATORE,
May 16, 2013
RAAC to riches
“We will come and talk to the residents of your apartments about garbage segregation,” offers R. Raveendran. In the area where he lives, he and other residents have ensured the colony is clean and...
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COIMBATORE,
May 15, 2013
Making room for reading
“No place affords a more striking conviction of the vanity of human hopes than a public library — Samuel Johnson.” So reads a wooden panel at the reception of Coimbatore’s District Central...
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Coimbatore,
May 19, 2013
Tomatoes on the terrace
Last June, Chitra Krishnaswamy, a home maker, decided to take up terrace farming. What began as a hobby soon grew into a passion. Six months later, Chitra’s terrace garden has grown in to a full-f...
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May 17, 2013
A historic model
Professor K. Smiles, dean of Academic Affairs at the Coimbatore Institute of Engineering and Technology, shares an anecdote about Niels Bohr, the Danish Physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physic...
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MADURAI,
May 15, 2013
Jest for fun
If laughter is the food of good health, then you can have it in plenty with S.Ve.Shekher on stage. No doubt, he has staged more than 5400 shows with stupendous success. “100 minutes, 200 la...
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COIMBATORE,
May 14, 2013
Having a field day
The excitement levels on the faces of the young girls are high as they brave the morning heat and head to the town bus stand at Gandhipuram. These girls are not making a trip to...
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